Traditional leadership preparation programs and licensure requirements give only token consideration to social justice concerns. This article examines the emerging social justice discourse in the educational administration field and discusses several challenges that must be considered as universities and others attempt to prepare school leaders…

This reference work is a supplement to the "Desk Reference on Significant Supreme Court Cases Affecting Public Education." It compiles summaries of selected education law cases from August 2001 through July 2002 and is intended as an overview of cases important to practitioners of school law. The text opens with a topical table of cases…

Briefly reviews the development of Chinese library schools and describes the management and evaluation of library school faculty. The discussion covers problems with the current system and suggestions for improvements. A directory of departments of library and information science in China is included. (21 references) (CLB)

A synthesis of literature on administrator assessment and staff development and a directory of resources are presented in this document. Section 1 discusses several aspects of administrator evaluation--the purposes of performance assessment; the components of evaluation; and the issues, processes, and recommendations for an effective evaluation…

The "Evaluation and School Districts" project is designed to analyze educational evaluation at the local educational agency level to determine the extent to which district evaluation offices contribute to the renewal of public education. Results of a survey indicate that the existence of an evaluation office is partially a function of…

This booklet provides concise information about the schools, colleges and universities, and other educational programs and activities of the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP). OIEP is located within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and is responsible for line direction and management of all BIA education functions. The booklet opens…

This booklet provides concise information about the schools, colleges and universities, and other educational programs and activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP). The booklet opens with a brief description of OIEP functions, legislative background, mission statement, long-range goals, and a…

Designed to provide descriptions of computing activities in Florida's school districts, postsecondary institutions, and the State Department of Education (DOE), this report is organized into activities at four levels--K-12, community college, university, and DOE. Information gathered from a majority of Florida's 67 school districts is divided into…

This directory contains descriptions of 44 National Diffusion Network (NDN) programs that have been validated by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the Department of Education and make use of technology. The programs are organized into three sections. Section I describes 11 Lighthouse Projects in the areas of administrative…

This document presents an overview of the purpose, programs, and activities of the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP). The OIEP is located within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and is responsible for line direction and management of all BIA education functions, including the formation of policies and procedures, supervision of all…

In this update, 49 more goal-based programs are added to the 50 programs described in the directory's initial 1981 edition. The programs are goal-based in that they make use of such concepts as minimum competency testing, mastery learning, and continuous progress curricula, among others. As in the initial edition, each program receives a one-page…

Intended to stimulate communication among the federal, state, intermediate, local, and postsecondary agencies that share responsibility for the improvement of education, this Department of Education catalog of exemplary educational programs describes all the projects dealt with in previous editions as well as providing information on more than 30…

This catalog is intended to make successful programs and practices available so that interested school districts may adapt and install their key elements. All programs were approved by program offices within their funding agencies and often by state education agencies. All were then carefully scrutinized for quality by the Joint Dissemination…

This publication contains abstracts of research projects in vocational education conducted in Pennsylvania. The directory also lists the research, exemplary, and curriculum activities which were conducted during the 1979-80 fiscal year. All projects listed were supported with federal vocational funds under Public Law 94-482. Information contained…